Anthony Bedingfield

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Anthony Bedingfield (died 1651) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.

Bedingfield was the son of Thomas Bedingfield of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk and his wife Dorothy Southwell. [1] He became a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers in the City of London. [2]

In April 1640, Bedingfield was elected Member of Parliament for Dunwich in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for Dunwich in the Long Parliament [3]

On 16 July 1650 Bedingfield became an alderman for the City of London for Langbourn Ward. [2] He became Master of the Mercers' Company in 1651. [4] He died in 1651 and was buried at Holme Hale on 27 October 1651. [5]

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References

  1. "Family Search - Community Trees". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650, The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Anthony III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 12 January 2011
  3. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  229-239.
  4. Mercers Company - Masters of the Mercers Company Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. George Alfred Carthew History, topographical, archaeological, genealogical, and biographical,of the parishes of West and East Bradenham,with those of Necton and Home Hale, in the county of Norfolk, from public records ... parish registers .. (1883)
Parliament of England
Vacant Member of Parliament for Dunwich
1640–1648
With: Henry Coke 1640–1645
Robert Brewster 1645–1648
Succeeded by